Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) both posted an Associated Press report on an Oct. 26–27 conference at UMaine on “slow food,” an international movement that’s promoted as an alternative to fast food with the intention of preserving traditional cuisines and promoting locally grown foods, the report said. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine, […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for a Channel 7 (WVII) news report about the Republican presidential campaign buying advertising airtime in Maine to support candidate Mitt Romney. Brewer said if voter preferences are decisive it may not make a difference, but in a close race, the extra advertising possibly could mean […]
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An article in the Bangor Daily News about a Nov. 7 community meeting to discuss Orono’s comprehensive planning goals noted that University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and facilitation specialist Jane Haskell will serve as facilitator for the session. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 7 (WVII) reported on a National Food Day observance by UMaine students and the celebration of a new hoop greenhouse on campus to extend the growing season. Students plan to grow vegetables in the greenhouse throughout the year. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 6 (WCSH) interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension food preservation aide Kate McCarty for a report on efforts in York County to fulfill the needs of people who need food assistance. McCarty attended a special session at York County Community College where organizations dedicated to help combat hunger gathered to discuss ways to help. […]
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The Penobscot Bay Press published a news release about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Hancock County Business Conference and Trade Show Nov. 1–2 in Ellsworth. The conference is designed to bring together hundreds of business representatives and business development specialists to discuss common problems and solutions to business challenges in the Downeast area. Gov. […]
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The University of Maine is offering a free ticket to the first 500 UMaine students at Sunday’s America East conference women’s soccer semifinal game between UMaine and Stony Brook. The game starts at 1 p.m. Regular admission is $8 for adults, $5 for youth 14 and under, and $2 for America East students with a […]
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An article in the Wiscasset Newspaper about economic concerns about St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay noted that a hospital task force has engaged University of Maine economist Todd Gabe to conduct an economic analysis of the facility’s operations. Gabe was quoted as saying that extensive economic effects of a possible closure of the hospital on […]
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The Portland Phoenix has published a positive review of recent University of Maine Intermedia MFA graduate Reese Inman’s 21-piece digital and analog image-capture exhibit at the University of Maine at Augusta. The review says Inman, who is now a web developer in the UMaine Division of Marketing and Communications, appears “equally at home with paint […]
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An article on the QUARTZ website by economist and editor Richard Florida, author of “The Rise of the Creative Class,” discusses a recent study, “The Creative Class and the Crisis,” by University of Maine economist Todd Gabe and colleagues about how three broad categories of jobs have fared since the apex of the economic crisis. […]
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